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Par Javier Marías. 2015
After eight years as a Sunday columnist, the author published this collection of nearly 100 censured articles that hadn't seen…
the light of day. He reflects on life before and after September 11, 2001, and jokes about his fellow columnist Arturo Pérez-Reverte, among others. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2003Par Enrique A Laguerre, Enrique Laguerre, Vazquez. 2011
Famed novel about Puerto Rican sugar plantations after the 1929 economic collapse. Protagonist Juan Antonio Borrás narrates his years working…
for a US-owned sugar company, as he first adopts more progressive ideas, then succumbs to his company's conservative propaganda, before a friend's death pushes him toward revolution. Some violence. Spanish language. 1935Par Oliver Sacks. 2015
Neurologist and author of the bestselling Awakenings (DB 33438) investigates the way music affects the human brain by observing the…
individual experiences of patients, musicians, and ordinary people. Describes conditions such as musical seizures and hallucinations and musicogenic epilepsy. Also explores the calming effects of sound. Spanish language. 2009Par Eugenio Suárez Galbán. 2016
Par Zadie Smith. 2021
Collection of essays, some previously published, by the author of Swing Time (DB 86304) and On Beauty (DB 61204). Explores…
a variety of topics including language, social media, global warming, Philip Roth, Joni Mitchell, American race relations, travel, and more. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2021Collection of 24 migration stories by Latin American authors, journalists, and academics. In one, a father never speaks of his…
time in the US. In another, a wife and her lover watch the 9/11 attacks on TV while wondering if her husband died in the Towers. Strong language. Spanish language. 2012Par Magali García Ramis. 2011
The author presents a selection of twelve essays and columns in which she addresses her relationship with the Spanish language…
via personal and family references, as well as offering a glimpse of the city of San Juan, its inhabitants, and its nooks and crannies. Some violence. Spanish language. 2011Par Mariana Enriquez. 2021
In this expanded edition, the author describes her visits to 24 cemeteries around the world, including Montparnasse in Paris, Highgate…
in London, and the Jewish Cemetery in Prague, along with some famous graves such as those of Elvis Presley in Memphis and Karl Marx in London. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2021Par Eduardo Lalo. 2019
A book of essays that explore the literary space in the Caribbean after the idols of Western literature have been…
left behind. Focuses particularly on generating ideas out on the street, amongst the people in the "Open Air." Spanish language. 2016Par Jose Antonio Vargas, Gabriel Pasquini. 2019
"Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called 'the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,' tackles one of the defining issues…
of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms. 'This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book - at its core - is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can't. This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves. This book is about what it means to not have a home. After 25 years of living illegally in a country that does not consider me one of its own, this book is the closest thing I have to freedom.' - Jose Antonio Vargas, from Dear America" -- Provided by publisherPar Irene Vallejo. 2019
This award-winning essay explores the history of books in a journey through almost thirty centuries of the life of the…
book and those who have safeguarded it. Identifies important moments in the development of the book, from the battlefields of Alexander to the Oxford Library. Premio Nacional de Ensayo et al. Spanish language. 2019Par Berlitz Schools of Languages of America. 1949
Spanish-language study guide designed for the independent student. Stresses oral practice and presents each of thirty-eight lessons as a conversational…
dialog incorporating vocabulary and grammar exercises. A pronunciation guide and English translation follow each sentence. Also provides information on Spanish customs. 1949Par Valerie Tripp. 1998
Josefina and her family, in Santa Fe, await the arrival of wagon trains to trade blankets and mules for goods…
they need. Patrick O'Toole, a wagon scout, promises to handle the family's transactions, but he suddenly disappears. Sequel to Feliz Cumpleaños, Josefina (BR 14707). For grades 2-4. Spanish language. 1998Par Valerie Tripp. 1997
En 1824 Josefina, una niña de nueve años, vive con su padre y sus tres hermanas en un rancho cerca…
de Santa Fé, Nuevo México, Las niñas se preocupan de mantener el hogar, como lo hacía su madre quien murió el año pasado. Para grados 2 a 4. Seguido de Josefina Aprende una Lección (BR 14465)Par Valerie Tripp. 1997
Durante la segunda Navidad sin Mamá, Josefina y sus tres hermanas celebran las tradiciones de Las Posadas que les ayudan…
a mantener v iva la memoria de su madre difunta. Sigue a Josefina Aprende una Lección (BR 14465). Para grados 2 a 4Par Helen Macdonald. 2021
"In Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics…
ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds from the Empire State Building as they migrate through the Tribute of Light, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk's poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds' nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife. By one of this century's most important and insightful nature writers, Vesper Flights is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make sense of the world around us." -- GoodreadsPar Alfredo Jalife-Rahme. 2020
Par Juliet Menéndez. 2021
"Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over…
Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Menéndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Menéndez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams. From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA's first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. These women followed their dreams-and they just might encourage you to follow yours!" -- GoodreadsPar Lydia Cacho. 2014
"In 2005, after publishing her book The Demons of Eden - where she denounced the very powerful men behind the…
a Mexican child pornography ring - Lydia Cacho became a target. Exactly eight months after the publication of the book, one morning as she was making her way to work, Lydia was apprehended by the police from the neighboring state of Puebla, and taken into custody during a nightmarish 24 hours during which she was tortured, intimidated and abused. In this chilling memoir, comparable to Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel, Lydia tells her story and exposes the horrific ways in which women - and young girls in particular - are abused then disposed of, while an oftentimes corrupt government simply sits and watches." -- GoodreadsPar Velia Vidal. 2020
"In these letters, Velia Vidal recounts her wanderings since she returned to the Chocó region of Colombia, to the Pacific…
Ocean, and devoted herself to the promotion of reading and culture. Incorporating elements from her surroundings, she elaborates metaphors that account for her internal tide and the tensions between the center and the periphery. Through writing, the author constructs a personal history and geography." -- Translation provided by NLS